90th Auction

2014/11/15

Lot 517

Bigelow Kennard & Co., Boston, Movement No. 4600, Case No. 4600, 47 mm, 83 g, circa 1905
A gentleman's very fine, rare Geneva pocket watch with split seconds chronograph - delivered to Bigelow Kennard & Co. Boston
Case: 18k rose gold, polished, à goutte, gold dome, pusher for chronograph at "11" and via pendant. Dial: enamel, Arabic numerals, auxiliary seconds, 30 min. counter, signed, pierced, filigree hands. Movm.: bridge movement "Extra", rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, adjusted, very finely ground and bevelled chronograph steel parts, ratchet wheel, wolfteeth winding wheels, gold screw compensation balance, index spring fine adjusting device, counterpoised lever.
Bigelow & Kennard
Bigelow & Kennard was a Boston jeweller. Imported lots of fine French & English clocks and - as did many prestigious jewellers - put their own name on them. The company started as the Bigelow Brothers & Kennard in the 1840's. By 1904 the company was trading as Bigelow Kennard & Co., it seems to have been run by Mr A.O. Bigelow, who was also a member of the E Howard & Co. board of directors at that time. A.O Bigelow had been involved in watchmaking/retailing since at least 1864, when he set up the Tremont Watch Co. with A.L. Dennison. The company went out of business in 1922.
Source: http://www.clockswatches.com/foreign/showpage.php?em=559, as of 08/04/2010.

Sold

estimated
2.2002.800 €
Price realized
4.400 €